A Bubble Made Up of Millions

Prognosis: Misconception

Bloomberg

Health & Fitness, Science

4.1 • 838 Ratings

🗓️ 30 November 2020

⏱️ 17 minutes

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In Canada, the Covid-19 outbreak has affected much of the country. In Quebec, where three in five of Canada’s virus deaths have hit, rage over new lockdowns is palpable. In Ontario, ICUs are filling up. Out west, caseloads are hitting records.

But four eastern Canadian provinces, comprising 2.4 million people, have banded together, barred outsiders, and hewed tightly to health guidelines. As a result, the region has a Covid-19 death rate that’s one tenth the rest of the country’s. With almost no one noticing, Atlantic Canada has become a pandemic Shangri-La. Montreal Bureau Chief Sandrine Rastello reports on the outpost of quiet obedience that calls itself the Atlantic Bubble.

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0:32.8	Welcome to Prognosis. I'm Laura Carlson. It's day 261 since coronavirus was declared a global
0:41.2	pandemic. Today's main story? A cluster of provinces in Canada banded together to form a rule-following
0:49.3	COVID bubble. They ended up with outcomes far better than the rest of the country. But what lengths
0:57.3	will these provinces go to to keep the bubble from bursting? But first, here's what happened
1:05.2	in virus news today. Moderna made more progress on its promising coronavirus vaccine.
1:19.6	The company is requesting emergency clearance for the drug today.
1:24.6	That's after a new analysis showed that it's highly effective. The primary analysis found
1:31.2	the vaccine was over 94% effective. The results line up with preliminary findings released earlier
1:37.6	this month. Another plus, the drug could be especially effective at preventing severe cases of the disease.
1:46.2	None of the participants in the trial who'd received the vaccine developed severe COVID-19.
1:52.9	New York City's positive COVID-19 test rate jumped above 4% based on a seven-day average,
2:00.6	according to Mayor Bill de Blasio.
2:03.0	De Blasio also announced that in-person viewing of the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree,
2:08.8	a huge tourist draw, would be controlled to allow for social distancing.
2:14.2	The mayor closed public schools earlier in November when the average positive test rate hit 3%,
2:20.6	but will reopen schools next week for younger students. Finally, cases of coronavirus in England
2:29.1	fell 30% after lockdown measures were rolled out in November, according to a new study.
2:36.7	The findings show cases were rising as the country entered a four-week lockdown on November 5th.
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